Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to SatireNathan, George Jean
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Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to Satire
Nathan, George Jean
American wit and humor
_Vocabulary_ | _Vocabulaire_ | _Pronunciation_
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Coffee (with milk) and | Du café au lait et des | Dew Coffee oh late et
rolls | petits pains. | days petty pains.
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The check | L’addition. | Ladditziyawn.
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How much? | Combien? | Come-bean?
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Overcharge! | La survente! | La servant!
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It’s a shame! | C’est dommage! | Kest dumb-age!
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I don’t pay! | Je ne paye pas! | Jay no pay pass!
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You think Americans are | Vous croyez que les | Vuz croyz cue lays
easy marks. | Américains sont des | Americans sont days
| belles poires. | bells pores.
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Where is the | Ou est le premier | Oo est lay primer
headwaiter? | garçon? | garson?
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Extortion! | L’extorsion! | Lee extortion!
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Audacity! | L’audace! | Lowdace!
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What impudence! | Quel effronterie! | Kwel effrontry!
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A crime! | Un crime! | Yune cree-um!
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Robbers! | Les voleurs! | Lays velours!
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Call a policeman! | Appelez un gendarme! | Apple-ease yune cop!
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One franc!! | Un franc!! | Yune frank!!
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A shame! | L’infamie! | Linfame!
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Insolence! | L’insolence! | Linsolance!
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Damned frog-eating | Les sacrés mangeurs de | Lays sackers mangers
Frenchmen! | grenouilles français! | dee grenoolies
| | frankays!
NOON
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